Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes was 76.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 76.7%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 85.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 76.7%, in 2024.
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 149th of 186 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 84.6% | — |
| 2014 | 84.2% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 85.0% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 85.3% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 85.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 85.3% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 82.8% | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 79.5% | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 78.7% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 77.0% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 76.7% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.0% | 84.2% | 85.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 76.7% | 82.8% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 76.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 85.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.7% in 2024.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 149th out of 186 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release